Chrome

Chrome 66 Stable Rolling Out, Blocks Auto-Playing Videos and More

Tim April 18, 2018 5

The stable version of Chrome is picking up an update to version 66, specifically 66.0.3359.106. Inside, the only thing Google lists is the ability to find your stored passwords more easily, but thanks to the digging of others through Chromium, as well as...

Chrome Will Soon Let You Cast Local Files

Kellen March 28, 2018 5

Ever wanted to Cast something from your desktop or laptop that wasn't just a tab? Google has added a new "Cast file" option to Chrome Beta that will let you Cast local audio or video files. The option isn't showing for me yet, but it will show as a Cast option...

Chrome Beta 66 on Android Picks Up New Chrome Duplex Option, Removes Chrome Home

Kellen March 16, 2018 32

Chrome Beta for Android picked up an update to v66.0.3359.30 today and it arrives with Chrome Duplex, the possible replacement for Chrome Home. Its arrival appears to mean the end for Chrome Home, as the option to switch to Duplex's predecessor is now gone....

Chrome Canary on Android Gets New Chrome Duplex Experience

Kellen February 15, 2018 10

Chrome on Android's love-it-or-hate-it bottom bar situation, known as Chrome Home, may no longer be a part of the app's future even though it made its way up to Chrome Beta. In its place, there's a chance we'll get something called "Chrome Duplex" that was...

Wednesday Poll: What’s Your Web Browser of Choice on Android?

Tim February 7, 2018 80

Once Chrome hit the scene for Android in 2012, it seemed like many of the 3rd-party browser apps we used sorta disappeared. However, over the years, we still have plenty of options beyond Google's offering for our web browsing needs. We have Firefox, Opera,...

Google May Have Killed Chrome’s Bottom Bar Known as “Chrome Home”

Kellen February 6, 2018 23

Last summer, Google slowly rolled out a pretty major change to Chrome on Android in the form of a bottom-situated address bar known as Chrome Home. It started in Chrome Dev and then graduated to Chrome Beta by August. We assumed at that point we'd see it...

Chrome 64 for Android Helps Stop Sh*tty Ads That Open New Windows

Kellen January 24, 2018 16

Googled push out an update to both Chrome and Chrome Beta on Android last night, an update that includes an ad blocker of sorts. With this latest version of Chrome for Android, Google will do its best to "prevent sites with abusive ad experiences from opening...

Chrome Adding HDR Support, Starts Off With Windows 10 Devices

Tim January 23, 2018 7

We've been hearing about Google adding HDR support for Chrome for Android since last year, and things are apparently starting to come together. In a post to Google's blog, the company announced Chrome will now support HDR video on Windows 10 devices, as well...